A Little Bit of This and That

I’ve had this post saved and just have been busy so I’m going to go ahead and hit publish it without any changes to it, hope

you don’t mind! I don’t have to much to do on my project it’s just getting the time to do it!

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy month for me and probably for you too!

Thanksgiving is next week,our 21# turkey is in the fridge thawing out for

the big day. Until then I’ve been trying not to get overwhelmed/stressed out… just

trying to enjoy the days whether they are spent Christmas shopping or just being at

home. I usually wait until the day after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas

but was getting my fall dishes out of the cabinet when I found these Williams Sonoma

mugs I had found at Goodwill a couple years ago and decided to enjoy them now

I also decided to move my cookbooks from above the fridge to up above my

stove and I couldn’t resist putting a faux poinsettia up there too. Once I put the

lighted garland up there it will really look nice!

I have most everything out just waiting to be put in their special places…things

from Target, TJMaxx and Walmart! I’ll get it all put together right after turkey

day, it’s so hard to wait when I see all the great inspiration out there in blogland

and on instagram!

My oldest grandchild Sydney turned 13 this past week… I can’t believe it! We celebrated by

having her friends and family at the bowling alley to bowl and have pizza! I’m so proud

of her she does so well in school and sports.

Here are her friends , they had such a good time, and  it was fun for me just

to sit back and watch Sydney have such a good time!

My Fridays have been taken up by football, my oldest son coaches a highschool team

and they made it to the semi finals , here he is talking to a reporter. I will say that I

froze at every game that we played lately, I don’t do cold very well! Well, the

game before we would play at Heinz Field we lost, he did such an incredible job

with those kids. No matter how old your kids get your heart still hurts when they

hurt!

I’m glad I’m caught up now, I’m decorating for Christmas and I’ll be taking pictures

for you to see!

Rondell

Christmas Red

Hello everyone, how are you holding up with Christmas just

weeks away? I started decorating right after Thanksgiving,

we did put the tree up but didn’t decorate it, and I’m so

glad I did because Christmas has come really fast this

year. I’ve started shopping earlier this year too.

Today I took some pictures while the sun shined at times.

I found this centerpiece at Michael’s I put it in a wooden

box and I added the pinecones. I have it sitting on a

runner I bought a couple months ago at TJMaxx knowing then

that I wanted to add more red to my Christmas decorating.

After I took the picture above I tried it with this frame I

had painted blue. I like it but just not sure about it,

I love it with the red.

My hairdresser gave me two sets of these Christmas dishes for a service of 8,I just love them, they were bought at Kohl’s and I think they go well with the

feedsack runner.

You can see my tree in the background.

I kept this vignette the same as last year but did add some twinkle lights.

I bought the red mirrored tray… in fact I went shopping for one and

found it, first time that has happened. See the little snowflakes I

made? I used some sort of baby yarn from Walmart. They turned out so

cute, they even shed a little so it does look like snow.

I love the look of different candle sticks all arranged together don’t you?

There is brass, ceramic, mercury glass, silver and pewter. Different

shapes and textures. I love adding red this year in my home.♥

I hope you had a great Monday and are finishing up with

your decorating and baking oh,and shopping too.

I’ll be joining these parties:

Tuesdays at Our Home

Inspire Me

The Scoop

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Be Inspired

wow Us Wednesday

Creating Christmas

Rondell

Rooster Rug and More!

Hi everyone! September 2nd, still can’t believe it and it’s going to be 91 today, I think I’ll decorate for fall after Labor Day! Being so hot today just isn’t the day to do it! Yesterday was my daughter Michele’s birthday so I took her out to breakfast than went shopping, seems like that’s all I get done, never any projects do I get finished as far as painting furniture goes, I do have some projects in mind though so that ‘s half the battle!

So here’s what I found to to add to my little abode:) One of my favorite blogs to visit is Dreaming of a Farmhouse, Michele’s home is so full of things that she loves and you can tell by how she decorates it, she lives in military housing but you sure wouldn’t know it, she has done it so beautifully! Anyway, someone left her a comment that Walmart had black kitchen rooster rugs , when I went with my daughter we stopped there and there were only two left….I love it and can just imagine how it will look up against the cabinet doors when they are painted Cottage White!

There was only one of these jars left, I wavered back and forth, you know how you do, should I or shouldn’t I….I should! LOL I had a crockery lookin cookie jar and wanted a different one because you see I have a Cookie Monster living with me, Mr. K! He loves cookies so I bought the peanut butter cookies for him and ah, so I’d have something in the jar when I took the picture to show you:)

We also stopped by GW, my daughter is not a GW person but she’s learning, she is redoing her home too, her walls are painted RL Hemp so now she is painting her dark pine trim Cottage White! She is off this week and has painted her coffee table and bench plus they painted the front door black, so she’s doing good.

I did find this arrangement for $1.99, Michele turned her nose up at it though but it’s fall and for the price I thought I could add to it, which I will.

Also found one of these, the taller one, I can never remember what they are called, I’m sure it’s new though because it has a scan label on the bottom!  Neat though I thought!

I don’t think I showed my kitchen door to you yet, I painted it Cottage White back in July and also making spaghetti there as you can see! I still turn the handles to the side like I have four little ones at home still.LOL

Next stop Big Lots….I found this rug for in my entryway, I had an old, navy braided one there before and it just didn’t go with the look I’m after. Michele bought new kitchen rugs and a waste basket for her bathroom for $5.00, Big Lot’s has some great saving at times I think!

Day before yesterday I stopped at our local hardware store and was so impressed to see these paint chips called Cottage Style, I picked up Fantasy Gray there were so many neat paint colors! This is for a project I have in mind!

Here is the paint chip and the guy actually put a dab of the paint on the bottom right hand corner so I think it matched great!

That’s it guys, hopefully I’ll have something done to show you next time, I feel like such a slacker.LOL  Also thanks for all your sweet comments on the arrival of Nicholas he is doing great and hopefully I’ll be seeing him again tomorrow!

I’m joining these sweet ladies for their linky parties, thanks ladies for all you do!

Potpourri Friday at 2805

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Treasure Hunt Thursday at From My Front Porch to Yours

Thrifty Thursday at Thrifty Decorating

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Open House Party at On Sutton Place

Neat Things at Marshall’s and GW!

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing okay with the cold weather and snow, boy, was it cold last night when I left work at 10PM the wind was blowing so hard and making it even colder. Thank goodness I made it home safely!
I have been busy with the hutch/china cabinet just have to get new hardware for it and it will be done, took me awhile but I’m loven it and wish I’d got to do it sooner. Two pieces of furniture have to be moved out of the dining room before I show it to you.  I’m sure it will make the dining room look alot bigger. 
I ’d like to show you some neat things I’ve found at Marshall’s and GW. Going around the bend from one aisle to another I stopped the cart when my eyes saw this square trunk, they had a bigger one but I sorted of liked the smaller one and at $26.00 I was happy I thought it would be alot more.

I love the postage look to it, I’m so thrilled to have it, I just put it here for now…I don’t know which way I’m going with my decorating, I like shabby chic but not to much of the frilly stuff, I love Pottery Barn too so I guess it going to be a mixture of both and that’s okay because I’m having so much fun♥
I found this topiary on clearance for $7.00, you can’t tell from the photo but the container is distressed, they only had one wish it had been two so I could put one on each side of the mantel. Maybe someday I’ll find another…maybe at GW? Wouldn’t  surprise me! I just noticed the nails for the Christmas stockings.LOL Have to get rid of those!

Now for GW!

I don’t know what it is, plant stand maybe? It was only $2.99 and I figured I could paint it (which I probably will, I’m dangerous with a paintbrush lately) right now it’s black and silver. I think it would look great on the porch this spring too, if that ever comes!

I found these Christmas salad plates at GW for .50 a piece, there were 4, I have it sitting in my cupboard, I thought they would be pretty with the ironstone I have if I don’t want to use the snowflake dishes. I don’t even want to think of Christmas 2011 :)
Here’s the writing on the back date is 1982.


Well, I have meatballs on for supper, spaghetti for tonight, Chris is here and wanted some, what to do, he’s my baby even at 30! LOL
Hopefully I’ll be back soon to show you the dining room, Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday so we will be having a party here to celebrate the the champs…I mean Steelers:)

 

I’m linking up to Cindy@My Romantic Home for Show and Tell, thanks Cindy!

Also Flaunt it Friday @Chic on a Shoestring thanks Kate!

Rondell

♥Christmas Teapots♥

About 9 years ago I worked at Kaufmann’s, a department store that is no more due to bankruptcy. I think they had been in business for over 75 years. I worked there for about 5 years selling everything from clothes to cosmetics, cosmetics was my favorite and did that for about 3 of those years! Working there had it’s perks 20% off of purchases, knowing when things were going to be on sale and getting them dirt cheap, I really miss that:) These teapots are by Debbie Mum and I did get to buy three of them, I don’t think I put them out last year but since I just went ahead and did my hutch this year even though I’m not crazy about it, I thought they would look good with the snowflake dishes.
 
I love the little, tiny dots for his eyes and is checkered pockets!


I’ve never found more again, when I bring them out they always make me think of the people I worked with and some fun memories but also the long hours that retail involves.


I did the top of my hutch different, the very rusty birdcage is a GW find for a dollar, the basket is from my brother-in-law’s mother’s estate sale, she used it for clothes pins. The ivy spray I also picked up at GW and it still had the price tag on it, the tin Santa my daughter bought me one year!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, I wish you nothing but the best for the New Year, can you believe it is going to be 2011?
We are leaving Tuesday for Winston-Salem North Carolina, my step daughter is getting married on New Years Day and we won’t be back until Jan.2 so my next post will be next year! I hope all of you get what you wished for this Christmas but most of all Peace on Earth!!!
I’m joining My Romantic Home for Show and Tell!

Rondell